Utilisation de l’engagement pour limiter la valorisation des fumeurs chez les adolescents

Introduction

Social psychology research about commitment has demonstrated that it is possible to change one people's cognition and behavior.

Objective

The aim of the present article is to show that commitment can be used as a reduction strategy of smokers’ valorization and smoking normativity in order to reduce smoking.

Method

Students have been followed into a longitudinal study from end of elementary school to 8th grade class. They have been divided into different groups representing the smoking prevention's degree of commitment.

Results

Rsults suggest that the sooner they are engaged in schooling, the better is the prevention. Commitment intervention made later in schooling has no influence on students smoking valorization.

Conclusion

Results will be discussed in terms of commitment theory by highlighting that an intervention using commitment is efficient only if the target is not already committed in an opposite behavior.